The next owner of the Charlotte Bobcats is already taking an active role. (AP photo)
A win (!!) plus a lot of undercurrents at play as the Bobcats beat the New Orleans Hornets at home 92-89. It was Charlotte’s former team playing its current, our Bobcats. It was Wake Forest’s Chris Paul and UNC’s Raymond Felton squaring off again. In another unusual development, Adam Morrison, Matt Carroll, and D.J. Augustin were on the floor during the during the decisive fourth quarter run.
Ray Felton played Paul to as close to a standstill as you’re going to get, matching him with 20 points. Paul was held scoreless in the first half, and the Hornets scored a paltry 7 in the second quarter. Jason Richardson added 20 and Augustin scored 11 and added 4 assists. Our Adam scored 9 on 3-5 shooting from beyond the arc (which was 3-9 overall, but whatever) and, get this, blocked a shot. Maybe MJ can dig his phone out of the pile of money and cigars on his desk and make a trade?
But the big news was Michael Jordan telling the Charlotte Observer that if Bob Johnson is selling the Bobcats, he’s buying. Johnson is considered among the worst owners in pro sports (by this blog), so a sale to Jordan would have to be met with some tiny bit of optimism. Cautious optimism, certainly — we’re not exactly bullish on MJ’s skills outside of playing basketball and selling underwear — but any change that keeps the team in Charlotte with ownership that gives a crap about it, and we’re willing to listen.
[Bobcats rally to knock off Hornets 92-89]
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I agree that Michael Jordan ability in outside the courd hasn’t been proven yet, but i would like to see how MJ controlls the Bobcats
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You know, Basketball Card, the more I think about it the more I like it too. MJ shouldn’t be sitting at a desk reading box scores or figuring out salary cap ramifications. He should be the face of the franchise, and it’s much easier to do that as an owner than whatever the heck corporate job he has now.
Basically I want him to hire some brilliant basketball nerds to run the day-to-day operations, then spend half his time giving inspirational speeches to players and personnel and the other half of his time arguing with Mark Cuban, right up in his grill area.
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